Global Product Manager

The purpose of this role is to achieve sustained sales growth, profitability, and improve customer satisfaction with the assigned Waukesha Cherry-Burrell (WCB) brand product offering.

At SPX FLOW, Product Managers act as owners of their assigned product line(s) and drive global growth initiatives, providing strategic direction, documenting new product development justification, prioritizing development and marketing initiatives, developing pricing strategies, and providing value proposition training to our commercial sales organizations, channel partners, and end‑user customers.

The role is expected to achieve product line targets for orders, vitality, and profitability through participation in strategic planning, value proposition definition, market and competitor research, forecasting, new product development initiation, and product lifecycle management. This role requires activity at both a strategic and tactical level across all relevant markets and regions. The incumbent will work as part of the cross‑functional team including new product development (NPD) engineering, commercial sales, operations, supply chain, marketing, and finance.

Success in this role requires a knowledge of market conditions and customer needs, combined with a deep understanding of the features, functions, and benefits of the product offering. The incumbent will foster and demonstrate a culture of ownership, innovation, continuous improvement, and a bias toward action to deliver results.

Business & Portfolio Ownership

Own product line performance: orders, margin, growth vs. annual operating plan (AOP) targets

Define product strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle management

Drive pricing strategy, price realization, and profitability

Apply 80/20 principles to optimize portfolio and prioritize resource allocation

Market & Competitive Intelligence

Lead market sizing, segmentation, and competitive benchmarking

Capture Voice of Customer (VOC) and translate into actionable insights

Identify growth opportunities across geographies, channels, and applications

Develop differentiated value propositions to strengthen market position

Growth & Go-to-Market Execution

Build business cases and prioritize NPD / R&D investments

Drive projects stage‑gate process and ensure successful product launches

Enable sales through tools, training, and customer engagement

Partner with marketing on campaigns and commercial initiatives

Operational Alignment & Delivery

Coordinate cross‑functional execution (Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance)

Support Sales, Inventory, Operations, Planning (SIOP) forecasting, backlog management, and lifecycle transitions

Lead product communications including launches, promotions, and obsolescence

Support continuous improvement efforts across cost, quality, and delivery

Metrics

Product line orders growth and revenue compared to AOP targets

Product line profitability (standard and gross margins, price realization)

New product vitality index (sales of products launched within last 5 years)

Forecast accuracy for SIOP process

Timely execution of defined initiatives product training, promotion activities, etc.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Product strategy, roadmap development, and lifecycle management

Product line ownership including P&L, pricing, and forecasting

New product development (stage‑gate) and successful product launches

Market analysis, competitive intelligence, and business case development

Strong commercial acumen with ability to drive growth and profitability

Cross‑functional leadership and ability to influence without authority

Analytical thinking and data‑driven decision‑making

Excellent communication skills with ability to engage customers and senior leadership

Self‑driven, adaptable, and able to operate effectively in a fast‑paced global environment

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field

5+ years in a product management role, preferably within industrial or business‑to‑business (B2B) manufacturing

Experience owning product strategy, pricing, and lifecycle management

Strong analytical, commercial, and cross‑functional leadership skills

Broad product and market knowledge in responsible product line area

Competencies

Influence and negotiation

Communication for understanding

Collaboration across boundaries

Customer insight and curiosity

Information analysis

Improvement and innovation mindset

Decision making and risk taking

Business and financial acumen

Acceptance of accountability for results

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Working conditions are normal for an office and/or client site workshop or warehousing facility. The noise level in the work environment is moderately quiet; however local and client sites can be unpredictable and associated safety equipment should be worn accordingly.

SPX FLOW is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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